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Judy FahysGeologist Jeffrey Moore led a team to Rainbow Bridge last year to listen to the sandstone mass. The researchers used seismic sensors the size of coffee cups to detect vibrations from the famous arch. The sensors even let them hear the rock itself gently swaying in the canyon winds and earthquakes. Resonance At Rainbow Bridge Brings Icon Alivehttp://kuer.org/post/resonance-rainbow-bridge-brings-icon-alive
83653 as http://kuer.orgMon, 10 Oct 2016 23:38:03 +0000Resonance At Rainbow Bridge Brings Icon AliveJudy Fahys Here at milepost 80 in Enoch on 1-15 state geologists are inspecting a sinkhole on the right of way. They first spotted this jagged crack last year in images from a remote sensing survey. “Yeah. You’re right,” says Bill Lund, senior scientist for the Utah Geological survey, speaking to a colleague. “There could be some displacement going on. And it looks like the prairie dogs have found it.” Falling Water Table Creates Hazards in Cedar Valleyhttp://kuer.org/post/falling-water-table-creates-hazards-cedar-valley
62089 as http://kuer.orgWed, 06 May 2015 15:00:00 +0000Falling Water Table Creates Hazards in Cedar ValleyAndrea Smardon Brigham Young University geologists have found evidence of some of the largest volcanic eruptions in earth’s history in their own backyard. The scientific journal Geosphere has published some of their recent findings about supervolcanoes. Looking at the land West of Cedar City, known as Wah Wah Springs, there is no indication that there was any kind of volcano, let alone one of the largest eruptions in earth’s history. But BYU geologist Myron Best says it’s been hidden in plain sight for millions of years. “When I tell people that there was a huge supervolcano caldera 30 miles in diameter and maybe 3 miles deep on the state line, they look at me like I’m crazy,” Best says. This was not the type of volcano that most of us think of - lava spewing out of a mountain. A supervolcano is an underground magma chamber capable of a massive explosion. Best says 30 million years ago, a plateau stretching across the Utah-Nevada border erupted, collapsing to form a large hole or caldera. Based onBYU Geologists Discover Supervolcanoes in Utah http://kuer.org/post/byu-geologists-discover-supervolcanoes-utah
39377 as http://kuer.orgTue, 10 Dec 2013 23:10:49 +0000BYU Geologists Discover Supervolcanoes in Utah